121, another competition, another victory.

[Greg Perkins]

Mayhem on the Merrimack+121= another championship. too bad, if WPI hadn't broke its winch off we would have beat the Rhode Warriors, but we also died during that match and we screwed up, too bad still was a load of fun tho!!!

See ya all at BattleCry!!!!!

THanks WPI(190)


Badjokeguy

[Rob Colatutto]

who else won with 121?? was it 271 by any chance?

[Greg Perkins]

yep, those mechanical marauders beat us again

Badjokeguy

[fast frank]

Originally posted by badjokeguy
yep, those mechanical marauders beat us again

what does that make it now, 3 times?

yep, we did win with 121. we qualified last, 16th out of 16. we only won 2 of our 8 qualifying matches. we kept blowing motors, or haveing batteries die, and we had a leak in our pneumatics that we couldn't find. fortunately the 2 that we did win were against 121, and i think those were the only matches they lost. they qualified 1st and picked us as their alliance because they felt that we were the only threat to them. together, we swept the finals, 2 matches, 2 matches, and 2 matches. thank you 121

[Renzorocks]

it was such a good competition! thanx for picking us 121! u were such a great alliance. thanx for believing in us!! sorry 151 for eliminating you again , i really am. u have an amazing robot and it was a really close match, maybe next time we won't have as much luck as we did today. can't wait for Battlecry!!

"all your off season comp are belong to us"

[Tom Schindler]

Originally posted by Ricksta121
173 may have won the championship, but we beat them at utc, so you do the math.

Not trying to downplay your victory at UTC, it was an amazing run through the finals, probably hte most fun i've had watching FIRST finals ever, but i wouldnt give 121 the full credit for beating rage... if you watch the matches, 69 wouldnt let rage get to the goals. their pestering defense allowed you guys to win... a GREAT team effort.... one of the best alliances i've seen..

Tom

[Kyle Fenton]

As much as I like Rick's optimism, it is always a team effort.
Our alliances this year 69,103,469,230,190,885, and 271 have all contributed so much in achieve soo much.

As much as I know we picked 271 because they have always been a good powerful team, plus we like to be paired with a different variety of alliances too.

I was unfortinaltly not able to attend Mayhem because I had SAT's. But I watch the video and was amazed. The driver, my friend, totally new to driving, did an awesome job.

A couple of things surprised me

95 didn't attend, and they were schuleded to

61--What happened to your Aztecs like ball devise? I remembered your robot from Quincy, and you looked a lot different on the field.


Anyways, It was an awesome event, keep up the good work Team 140

[Mike Soukup]

Originally posted by Ricksta121
he figured out we are the team to beat now why cant everyone else?

we have entered 5 comps this year and have won 3 (and each time we have beaten team 88, sorry guys). got at least 2 more to go. plan on some tough competition at battlecry from 121 and its alliance. our robot is, according to the judges at nationals, the best in the country. 173 may have won the championship, but we beat them at utc, so you do the math.

Nice to see Gracious Professionalism is alive and well. There is nothing like building up one's opponents and not showing any arrogance.

Mike

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally posted by Mike Soukup


Nice to see Gracious Professionalism is alive and well. There is nothing like building up one's opponents and not showing any arrogance.

Mike

Its not 121, its just Rick

[Joel J]

Originally posted by Kyle Fenton


Its not 121, its just Rick

Yeah, but we aren't going to start this scuffle again. Congrats to 121 on winning another competition. RAGE people, it ended about a month ago, don't start anything again!

[STonn]

I had to work and couldn't go to the competition... does anyone have video from Mayhem?
Thanks in advance.

~Synthia

i want to congratulate kevin for doing such an awesome job driving..... this was his first competition driving and he looked like a seasoned veteren

i didnt realize how difficult it was.... i drove one of the matches (we lost that one because of my idiocy) and i can now understand what the driver goes through

congrats to all the drivers out there

[fast frank]

yea i also found out how hard it was to control the robot. we normally have 2 drivers and 2 operators. i'm a driver. we only brought 3 kids. we had 2 drivers and no operators. so us drivers alternated back and forth on the driving and operating, and the 3rd kid was our human player.


by the way, did anyone notice the camera shots from our robot? we had a wireless camera mounted on our robot and they played the feed on the big projection screen.

i want to say one more thing


i am proud of the new england teams

maybe its just because there is a higher concentration of veterans, and this is where FIRST has its roots........ but i am always glad to see that new england consistantly produces lots of quality contenders...... great job, all of you

how did you have two drivers and two operators.... i thought only 2 people were aloud to touch the controls... one had to coach and be hands off, and maybe theres only an exception for a human player